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Barnett, Ronald – Quality in Higher Education, 2023
The contemporary university has its place amid a world in total motion. The issue arises, then, as to what it is it to try to shape a university in the context of a world that lacks stability. The thesis argued here is twofold: (1) that the university should take seriously its entwinement with the world; indeed, with large eco-systems of the…
Descriptors: Universities, Futures (of Society), Interdisciplinary Approach, Educational Quality
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Finnestrand, Hanne – Learning Organization, 2023
Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate how the Nordic model, featuring highly regulated trade union-employer collaboration, has enabled the building of learning organizations through a co-generative learning model involving both practitioners and action researchers. Design/methodology/approach: A literature search on the Nordic sociotechnical…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Unions, Employers, Cooperation
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Woollard, David – Industry and Higher Education, 2010
This paper sets out to develop a robust theory in a largely atheoretical field of study. The increasing importance of entrepreneurship in delivering the "Third Mission" calls for an enhanced understanding of the university entrepreneurship phenomenon, not solely as a subject of academic interest but also to guide the work of practitioners in the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Entrepreneurship, College Role, Theory Practice Relationship
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Praslova, Ludmila – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2010
Assessment of educational effectiveness provides vitally important feedback to Institutions of Higher Education. It also provides important information to external stakeholders, such as prospective students, parents, governmental and local regulatory entities, professional and regional accrediting organizations, and representatives of the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Objectives
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Herrmann, Thomas; Loser, Kai-Uwe; Jahnke, Isa – Learning Organization, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to show that for the successful development of socio-technical systems it is essential that various stakeholders are able to integrate their different knowledge and perspectives. A method that supports knowledge integration in the course of introduction and development of socio-technical systems is the…
Descriptors: Organizational Development, Success, Context Effect, Technology
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Liles, Richard T.; Mustian, R. David – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2004
The authors present a rationale for developing core competencies for training and organizational development in extension. Core competencies are defined as "the basic knowledge, attitudes, skills, and observable behaviors that lead to excellence in the workplace." Competency-based models can be used to create an infrastructure that…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Competency Based Education, Systems Approach, Organizational Development